West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001

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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
First party Second party   Leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Mamata Banerjee Party CPI(M) Trinamool Congress Alliance LF UPA Leader's seat Jadavpur None Seats won 196 60 Seat change n/a Popular vote 17,629,142 11,229,396
Chief Minister before election Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee LDF Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee LDF

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
LDF

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
LDF

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001 was held in Indian state of West Bengal to elect 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Left Front led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 196 seats, a majority. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was reelected as Chief Minister. Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of All India Trinamool Congress, took charge as Leader of the Opposition.

Hashim Abdul Halim was nominated as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, while Anil Kumar Mukherjee was nominated as Deputy Speaker.

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